abiodunalasa:
But just walk zigzag pass when you see me for front line

RiceProducers:


There are many mini but safe submarine designs that are now available.
Small submarines would be affordable and make the Gulf of Guinea very dangerous to an adversary. They would be very silent and can pop up to firing positions quickly and then hide.

L&T Defence midget submarine SOV400

The 44 m long, 490 ton displacement midget submarine will have an endurance of 21 days and be able to traverse submerged for 80 nm and cruise for 2000 nm at a speed of 4 knots.

Designed and developed in-house, the SOV 400 will be capable of carrying a crew of ten along with the ten more special operations troops. The submarine is positioned to provide smaller navies with constrained budgets an asymmetric capability. The vessel will be utilized to deploy and recover special forces while submerged for intelligences, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) as well as sabotage, rescue and evacuation missions.

The vessel will carry two heavyweight torpedoes outside the pressure hull for shallow-water attacks. It will be able to dive to depths greater than 100 m and travel up to 2000 nautical miles(3704 km). SOV-400 can also be carried by conventional submarines to be deployed as per mission requirements.

175 tonnes (172 long tons) full load
Length 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Beam 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement 14
Sensors and
processing systems
STN Atlas hull-mounted sonar
Pilkington CK34 search periscope
Armament 2 × 406 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes

Type Submarine
Displacement 855 metric tonnes (Surfaced)
Length 48.8 m (160 ft 1 in)
Draught 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion Single-screw[1] diesel-electric, with batteries and AIP.
Speed 15 knots (28 km/h) (submerged)
Range 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)
Endurance 5 days (submerged)
Test depth >200 meters
Complement 19 crew, plus 2 passengers and 6 divers
Armament
Six torpedo tubes, which can also fire anti-ship missiles.[2]
A3SM (Mistral SAM) mast option.
Notes Design concept only. No vessels yet ordered.

Whyem15:
An academic research from a lecturer in Usman Dan Fodio University on the whole banditry problem, how it started and how it is being sustained. This is just excerpts by daily news, I will be glad if anyone can share link to the full publication.

https://dailytrust.com/how-banditry-started-in-zamfara




The name of the publication is : I am a Bandit: A Decade of Research in Zamfara Bandit’s Den




Found a video on YouTube but the audio quality is very poor.

The lecturer, however, blamed politicians for the rising profile of armed banditry in the state, saying the first attack in the state was made with motorcycles donated by politicians.

Some members within the groups were notoriously associated with weapon suppliers. Alhaji Altine, Shehu Rekep in Zamfara and Musa Yellow Janbross in Kaduna used their international connections. Through their contacts across the Sahel, particularly Libya and Mali, they supply arms, which were ferried across the ever-increasing porous borders located in the northwest

120 Bandit Gangs Operate With 60,000 AK47 Rifles In 6 Northern States – Study
The university don also said over 12,000 persons have lost their lives to banditry in Zamfara.....

bidexiii:
BREAKING: Many killed as bandits flee into military camp in Niger


https://punchng.com/breaking-many-killed-as-bandits-flee-into-military-camp-in-niger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1631453982

Whyem15:
This is how the "bases" being overrun looks like.
What defensive advantage does it provide? And when troops withdraw from these locations we call them cowards.

The gains of 2014\15 offensive and that of 2018 were all lost immediately the offensives stopped. During the offensives, the terrorists either move across the border to neighboring countries or temporarily return to civilian life only to organize themselves back once the offensive has lost its momentum. At some point in time. Gudzamala LGA was recaptured by the terrorists in 2018. Baga was also captured around that period. Unless the army can continue to be on offensive for years(the 7 division lacks the resources for this) or they are able and willing to man every cities, towns and villages, the terrorists will continue doing this.
Supercamp was designed to cut prevent the terrorists from having access to towns and cities for supplies and they've been largely successful and the terrorists haven't been able to expand since then, in fact, NA supercamps 15 and 18 are directly adjacent to their capital and they've never been able to overrun them. The only problem is that the army decided to switch to a full defensive mode. There should be constant aggressive patrols by highly mobile and protected unit from the supercamps to constantly harass the terrorists and keep degrading their capabilities. I have always advocated for the establishment of a mobile strike force to complement the Supercamp strategy. The 72 MSF should have expanded beyond what it was in 2014/15.
If at all they won't re-employ Barlow, they should at least make use of what they learnt from him while he was here.

Majority of the supercamps are also sited in South and Central Borno and Yobe states. There are only 6 in the northern parts of the state leaving many settlements open to attacks.

The recent increase in the frequency of attacks has been attributed to the NAF suspending air interdictions in favor of CAS which has given the terrorists enough space, time and resources to plan, launch and coordinate attacks.

Tobiloba24072:
Who here has operated with airforce ground forces/sf, how effective is their training in terms of tactics and how sound are they? Are the training realistic in enough to make them understand how easy you can get killed if you loose your nerves under fire and is this drilled in them, and in what scenarios are live bullets used during their drills? I ask this, because during contacts/ operations they seem to loose high number of personnel compared to the navy SBS, infact the SBS has a reputation of getting job done with minimal casualties, and I have seen a bit of their training, in SBS training you can easily get killed if you flinch, because you are given a task to accomplish under live fire, we are talking bullets hitting 2 fleets from you during training.

CaptainStephen:
I can only vouch for the ones in AFSF, the rest na smoke.
High time they put ego down and send them to us for proper alignment.

Rich4god:
Those of you following the onslaught against bandits in Zamfara.

Is the atk on army base true.

Rich4god:
Those of you following the onslaught against bandits in Zamfara.

Is the atk on army base true.

CaptainStephen:
I can only vouch for the ones in AFSF, the rest na smoke.
High time they put ego down and send them to us for proper alignment.

NewDelhi:

Yes , very true.

Tobiloba24072:
Who here has operated with airforce ground forces/sf, how effective is their training in terms of tactics and how sound are they? Are the training realistic in enough to make them understand how easy you can get killed if you loose your nerves under fire and is this drilled in them, and in what scenarios are live bullets used during their drills? I ask this, because during contacts/ operations they seem to loose high number of personnel compared to the navy SBS, infact the SBS has a reputation of getting job done with minimal casualties, and I have seen a bit of their training, in SBS training you can easily get killed if you flinch, because you are given a task to accomplish under live fire, we are talking bullets hitting 2 fleets from you during training.

Rich4god:

Na wa o...

Are bandits these powerful.

NewDelhi:

When we have incompetent and inept officers like @ captainstephen leading the lines why won't they be powerful? It's just the sorry state of the Nigerian army today.

NewDelhi:

When we have incompetent and inept officers like @ captainstephen leading the lines why won't they be powerful? It's just the sorry state of the Nigerian army today.

Rich4god:

Na wa o...

Are bandits these powerful.

Overrunning a base is a thing that only Boko boys do. This issue is no longer a child's play.

NewDelhi:

When we have incompetent and inept officers like @ captainstephen leading the lines why won't they be powerful? It's just the sorry state of the Nigerian army today.

Rich4god:

Na wa o...

Are bandits these powerful.

Overrunning a base is a thing that only Boko boys do. This issue is no longer a child's play.

Odunayaw:
You know what a FOB is?

Whyem15:




Their training are very different. Most of those we call airforce SF are in actual fact SOF trained particularly in base protection and well constructed air bases at that. A good example is the NAF panthers, they will definitely perform poorly outside of their area of specialization and training.

NewDelhi:

I don't think you know what you're saying.

Tobiloba24072:



They have air force regiment, who function as basic infantry that handle base defense and other air force security functions , supposedly higher trained than regular infantry, then they have their air force Panthers, which is the SF. Both have been deployed.....both are claimed to have very high standards, but the level of casualties has made me curious, what is wrong ? What could be the solution,that's why I asked if anyone has worked with them before.

Tobiloba24072:
Who here has operated with airforce ground forces/sf, how effective is their training in terms of tactics and how sound are they? Are the training realistic in enough to make them understand how easy you can get killed if you loose your nerves under fire and is this drilled in them, and in what scenarios are live bullets used during their drills? I ask this, because during contacts/ operations they seem to loose high number of personnel compared to the navy SBS, infact the SBS has a reputation of getting job done with minimal casualties, and I have seen a bit of their training, in SBS training you can easily get killed if you flinch, because you are given a task to accomplish under live fire, we are talking bullets hitting 2 fleets from you during training.

ugo4u:

If we want to be honest to ourselves must service Chiefs sef carry military facilities to their villages? It's already becoming a trend amongst our Military chiefs. As for the naval base issue I saw an advert on Channelstv sponsored by the Navy on the CNS annual conference, they clearly said highlights of the conference will be inauguration of a "Naval Base" by the state governor (Ganduje).... Whether na desert warfare kini it wasn't expressesly stated. If you create an atmosphere of half information, speculations and rumour mongering will blossom. That's by the way must we concentrate all our military installations in just one part of the country? The last time I checked there is a naval training center in Kaduna aside the numerous Military and paramilitary training Institutions domiciled in that part/region of the country. You sef check am na, it's all these things we think don't matter that stir up the public, we should not decieve ourselves Nigeria is made up of many nations we need to weigh our actions/inactions at every step in other not to stir the hornet nest.